[GAL] “O faro de Oza é un faro situado na Punta de Oza, na parroquia de Oza (A Coruña). Está construído no Forte de Oza, levantado no século XVI e que albergaba unha batería costeira. A construción do faro rematou en 1915 e entrou en servizo en 1917. Deixou de prestar servizo en 1963, sufrindo abandono e ruína ata 1996, data na que foi rehabilitado. Porén, dende aquela non se lle ten dado uso e o estado de abandono que padece ten causado continuas protestas. Forma parte do Conxunto Histórico-Artístico do antigo Sanatorio de Oza.
Historia
A Comisión de Faros decidiu proxectar a instalación do faro en 1904. Daquela os únicos que servían para guíar o acceso ó porto da Coruña eran a Torre de Hércules e o faro de cabo Prioriño, pero a posición de ámbalas dúas luces non formaba un ángulo o suficientemente axeitado como para garantir a correcta posición dos barcos durante a manobra de entrada, polo que se decidiu instalar un faro na Punta de Oza que serviría de guía para os buques que entrasen no porto a través da canle norte da ría do Burgo. Complementariamente, tamén se planeou a construción do faro de Mera, de xeito que tamén ficase sinalizada a canle oeste da ría.
A elaboración do proxecto foi asignada ó enxeñeiro Salvador López Miño pola Dirección Xeral de Obras Públicas a día 4 de xaneiro de 1908, aprobándose en xullo do mesmo ano que o faro fose edificado no antigo Forte de Oza, que fora construído a finais do século XVI tralo ataque de Francis Drake de 1589. A versión final do proxecto foi aprobada o 17 de xaneiro de 1911, sendo adxudicada a obra a Juan Mosquera Morano nunha poxa realizada en setembro por unha cantidade de 24.500 pesetas, ás que logo se engadiron 4.992 máis por tarefas de cimentación e accesorias. En 1914, cando o faro xa estaba a piques de ser finalizado, houbo que acrecentar 10 cm máis a altura da torre, posto que era necesario para que coubese a lanterna, que finalmente era de maior diámetro do que se determinara inicialmente no proxecto. O faro foi entregado en 1915, comezando o prestar servizo a partir do 20 de agosto de 1917.
No ano 1932, aumentouse a potencia da lanterna e foi levantada unha nova luz nunha posición máis alta, montada nunha torre de aceiro nas Xubias, por detrás do Sanatorio Marítimo de Oza, a 294 m do faro, coa pretensión de formar un sistema de enfilación que servise ós buques para evitaren o baixo das Xacentes (onde embarrancou o Urquiola en 1976) e a restinga do Seixo. En 1955, o faro deixou de actuar como sistema de enfilación e pasou a funcionar soamente como luz de referencia por causa da construción do dique de abrigo, o cal mudou o rumbo de entrada no porto herculino, empregándose a partir dese momento unha nova enfilación situada na Punta Fieiteira. Deixou de prestar servizo en 1963, e durante décadas estivo abandonado, ata que o lugar do antigo Santario Marítimo de Oza foi declarado Conxunto Histórico-Artístico en 1992, declaración que fixo que a Autoridade Portuaria rehabilitase o faro en 1996. Con todo, non se lle deu un uso continuado dende aquela e non tardou en caer no abandono e sufrir vandalismo, o que provocou que asociacións culturais e veciñais teñan protestado reiteradamente pola situación.
En decembro de 2016 o concello aprobou por unanimidade substituír o uso sanitario recollido no plan xeral de ordenación por uso cidadán."
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[EN] “The Oza lighthouse is a lighthouse located at Punta de Oza, in the parish of Oza (A Coruña). It is built in the Oza Fort, built in the 16th century and which housed a coastal battery. The construction of the lighthouse was finished in 1915 and it entered service in 1917. It stopped providing service in 1963, suffering neglect and ruin until 1996, when it was rehabilitated. However, since then it has not been used and the state of neglect it suffers from has caused continuous protests. It is part of the Historic-Artistic Complex of the old Oza Sanatorium.
History
The Lighthouse Commission decided to design the installation of the lighthouse in 1904. At that time, the only ones used to guide access to the port of A Coruña were the Hercules Tower and the Cape Prioriño lighthouse, but the position of both lights did not form a sufficient angle suitable to guarantee the correct position of the ships during the entry maneuver, so it was decided to install a lighthouse at Punta de Oza that would serve as a guide for ships entering the port through the northern channel of the Burgo estuary. Additionally, the construction of the Mera lighthouse was also planned, so that the western channel of the estuary would also be signposted.
The preparation of the project was assigned to the engineer Salvador López Miño by the General Directorate of Public Works on January 4, 1908, and it was approved in July of the same year that the lighthouse was built in the old Oza Fort, which had been built at the end of the 16th century after Francis Drake's attack in 1589. The final version of the project was approved on January 17, 1911, and the work was awarded to Juan Mosquera Morano in an auction held in September for an amount of 24,500 pesetas, to which 4,992 more were then added by foundation and accessory tasks. In 1914, when the lighthouse was about to be completed, the height of the tower had to be increased by 10 cm, since it was necessary to accommodate the lantern, which was finally of a larger diameter than had been initially determined in the project. The lighthouse was delivered in 1915, starting to provide service from August 20, 1917.
In 1932, the power of the lantern was increased and a new light was raised in a higher position, mounted on a steel tower in the Jubias, behind the Maritime Sanatorium of Oza, 294 m from the lighthouse, with the intention of forming a climbing system that served the ships to avoid the Basso das Xacentes (where the Urquiola ran aground in 1976) and the restinga of the Seixo. In 1955, the lighthouse ceased to act as a stringing system and began to function only as a reference light due to the construction of the shelter dyke, which changed the direction of entry into the port of Herculaneum, and from that moment on a new stringing located at Punta Fieiteira. It ceased to provide service in 1963, and for decades it was abandoned, until the site of the old Maritime Sanctuary of Oza was declared a Historical-Artistic Complex in 1992, a declaration that caused the Port Authority to rehabilitate the lighthouse in 1996. However, it was not it has been used continuously since then and it did not take long for it to fall into neglect and suffer vandalism, which has caused cultural and neighborhood associations to repeatedly protest the situation.
In December 2016, the council unanimously approved replacing the sanitary use included in the general planning plan with citizen use.”
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